Roads and Maritime Services/Sydney Airport Corporation Limited Sydney Gateway Road Project Environmental Impact Statement/ Preliminary Draft Major Development Plan Technical Working Paper 9 Statement of Heritage Impact November 2019 Sydney Gateway Road Project Statement of Heritage Impact Sydney Gateway Road Project Technical Working Paper 9 – Statement of Heritage Impact Report prepared for Gateway to Sydney Joint Venture for Roads and Maritime Services November 2019 Page i Sydney Gateway Road Project Statement of Heritage Impact CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Purpose and scope of this report ........................................................................................... 2 1.3 The project .............................................................................................................................. 6 1.4 Structure of this report ............................................................................................................ 8 1.5 Statement of Heritage Impact – study area ............................................................................ 9 1.6 Personnel .............................................................................................................................. 12 1.7 Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................ 12 2.0 Legislative context ................................................................................................. 13 2.1 The World Heritage Convention ........................................................................................... 13 2.2 Commonwealth legislation .................................................................................................... 13 2.3 State legislation .................................................................................................................... 16 2.4 Local Environmental Plans ................................................................................................... 19 2.5 Non-statutory considerations ................................................................................................ 21 2.6 Relevant databases and management policies .................................................................... 21 3.0 Existing environment ............................................................................................. 23 3.1 Summary of relevant heritage listed items ........................................................................... 23 3.2 Sydney Airport: schedule of significant fabric ....................................................................... 26 4.0 Methodology ........................................................................................................... 33 4.1 Statement of Heritage Impact preparation ........................................................................... 33 4.2 Heritage register search ....................................................................................................... 33 4.3 Heritage significance assessments ...................................................................................... 33 4.4 Significance grading of elements ......................................................................................... 34 4.5 Heritage impact assessments .............................................................................................. 35 4.6 Site inspection ...................................................................................................................... 35 4.7 Archaeological potential ....................................................................................................... 36 4.8 Limitations ............................................................................................................................. 36 5.0 Historical background ............................................................................................ 37 5.1 Phase 1 – c1796–1830 ......................................................................................................... 37 5.2 Phase 2 – c1830–1870 ......................................................................................................... 38 5.3 Phase 3 – 1870–1919 .......................................................................................................... 39 5.4 Phase 4 – 1919–1946 .......................................................................................................... 40 5.5 Phase 5 – 1946–1990 .......................................................................................................... 41 5.6 Phase 6 – 1990–present ...................................................................................................... 41 6.0 Significance assessment ....................................................................................... 42 6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 42 Page ii Sydney Gateway Road Project Statement of Heritage Impact 6.2 Listed items in the study area ............................................................................................... 42 6.3 Listed heritage items within the 150 metre buffer zone ........................................................ 61 6.4 Unlisted items of heritage significance within the study area ............................................... 70 7.0 Non-Aboriginal (historical) archaeological assessment ...................................... 73 7.1 Historical archaeology .......................................................................................................... 73 7.2 Archaeological significance .................................................................................................. 78 7.3 Summary of archaeological potential and significance within the study area ...................... 83 7.4 Archaeological testing .......................................................................................................... 84 8.0 Heritage impact assessment .................................................................................. 85 8.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 85 8.2 Overview of the project’s potential impacts on significant heritage items ............................ 85 8.3 Assessment of impact under the EPBC Act guidelines ........................................................ 87 8.4 Summary of construction impacts on Commonwealth land ................................................. 88 8.5 Heritage impact assessment ................................................................................................ 89 8.6 Summary of heritage impacts ............................................................................................... 97 8.7 Justification for impacts on items or archaeological remains contain heritage significance 101 8.8 Assessment of the project’s consistency with relevant conservation management plans . 103 8.9 Statement of heritage impact.............................................................................................. 104 9.0 Cumulative impacts .............................................................................................. 107 10.0 Recommended mitigation measures ................................................................... 109 10.1 Mitigation measures ........................................................................................................... 109 11.0 Findings and conclusions .................................................................................... 115 12.0 References ............................................................................................................ 117 13.0 Appendices ........................................................................................................... 121 13.1 Appendix A – Significance assessments (listed and unlisted items).................................. 121 13.2 Appendix B – Relevant Conservation Management Policies ............................................. 133 13.3 Appendix C – Historical Background .................................................................................. 148 13.4 Appendix D – Site inspection and overview of the existing environment ........................... 174 Page iii Sydney Gateway Road Project Statement of Heritage Impact FIGURES Figure 1-1 The project. ......................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 1-2. Construction footprint and facilities. ................................................................................... 10 Figure 1-3 Location of the study area and 150 metre buffer. ............................................................. 11 Figure 3-1 Detail of heritage listed items Section A of the study area and 150 metre buffer zone ... 28 Figure 3-2 Detail of heritage listed items in Section B of the study area and 150 metre buffer zone 29 Figure 3-3 Detail of heritage listed items in Cooks River Terminal (Section B) and 150 metre buffer zone 30 Figure 3-4 Detail of heritage listed items in Section C of